How to make tzatziki

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Tzatziki is a traditional Greek sauce, used as an individual starter or as a sauce for the fried or roasted meat. Tzatziki is most suitable to medium or well-done meat, preferable served in pita-bread with onion salad. In this article I will tell how to make tzatziki and this is very easy to do at home.

step-by-step instructions

Ingredients.

Greek style yoghurt, 300 ml

Full cucumber, 250-300 gm

Mint, medium bunch

Dill, small bunch

Garlic, 1-2 cloves

Olive oil, 2 tsp

Lemon juice, 2 tsp

Salt ½ - 1 tsp.

Black pepper, ¼ tsp

Prepare cucumber, Peel the skin and remove seeds; Chop into a small cubes; Salt with all salt necessary for this tzatziki recipe; remove all dripping juice but hanging in a sieve for 15-20 minutes. It is possible to slightly press it to remove a bit more juice.

Mix together all other ingredients (yoghurt, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, mint, dill and black pepper) and process them with blender.

Mix with dried cucumber and chill. Serve chilled.

tips and tricks

Tzatziki should be server cold.

Use thickest Greek yoghurt.

Serve with any lamb or pork barbecue.

It is possible to finely chop all ingredients, rather than process them with blender.